James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Many formulas combine it with 600 to 1,200 mg of chondroitin sulfate, a related compound that also reduces joint pain and rebuilds cartilage. Benefits are usually noticed within four to eight weeks.
Note: Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate are specific remedies only for osteoarthritis.
Super Prescription #2 Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM)
Take 2,000 to 8,000 mg daily. MSM has natural anti-inflammatory benefits and contains the mineral sulfur, an integral component of cartilage. Reduce the dosage if diarrhea occurs.
Super Prescription #3 Fish oil
Take a daily dosage of at least 1. |
Dr. Steve Blake
See book keywords and concepts |  Special supplements for joint and bone health may contain large amounts of manganese ascorbate along with chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine hydrochloride. This type of supplement has been found to relieve pain in some cases of mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the knee.
MANGANESE TOXICITY
Manganese toxicity from food alone has not been reported, although some diets provide as much as 20 mg daily. The Food and Nutrition Board has set a rather conservative tolerable upper intake level (UL) of 11 mg for adults. The UL for children ranges from 2 mg to 6 mg and the UL for adolescents is 9 mg. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Taking supplemental chondroitin sulfate, usually derived from powdered shark cartilage or cow trachea cartilage, has been shown to be helpful in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Many times it is used in conjunction with glucosamine for even more effective therapy. The supplements are usually taken together in pill form. Neither chondroitin sulfate nor glucosamine has shown any toxic effects, but there are potential side effects for certain people. The Arthritis Foundation recommends exercising caution in taking these supplements for treatment of osteoarthritis. |
Ray D. Strand
See book keywords and concepts |  I have no problem if they also add 400 to 600 mg chondroitin sulfate or even 100 mg of MSM if the patients feel these help. I do not feel the medical evidence is strong enough at this time to absolutely recommend them as optimizers.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Again I add 1,500-2000 mg of glucosamine sulfate, 300 mg of CoQ10, 400 mg of grape-seed extract, and 200 mg of additional magnesium and calcium. And I increase the omega-3 fatty acids by adding 3 to 4 fish oil capsule or two teaspoons of cold-pressed flax seed daily. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | Glucosamine may be taken in conjunction with chondroitin sulfate for an even greater effect on osteoarthritis (see chondroitin sulfate in this section).
In addition to having benefits for people with osteoarthritis, supplemental glucosamine can be helpful for asthma, bursitis, candidiasis, food allergies, osteoporosis, respiratory allergies, tendinitis, vaginitis, and various skin problems. The product GS-500 from Enzymatic Therapy is a good source of glucosamine. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts |  Tumor tissue from 86 patients with breast cancer that had not yet spread to lymph nodes was examined by staining the tissues so that each type of connective tissue component could be identified (versican, chondroitin sulfate, tenascin, and hyaluronan). Researchers at the Hanson Institute in Adelaide, Australia, said: "analyses indicated that elevated expression of versican predicted increased risk and rate of relapse in this cohort. Elevated expression of tenascin was predictive of increased risk and rate of death only...... | | Health practices —J to prevent breast cancer:
If alcohol is consumed, consume red wine in moderation, supplement with folic acid
Avoid tobacco; if smoking, supplement with vitamin C, vitamin E, beta carotene, lutein, chondroitin sulfate. | | Pre-treat-ment with chondroitin sulfate enhances the targeting effect. This means that HA can be used to selectively deliver certain drugs to cancer cells. [Glyconconj Journal 15: 935-39, 1998] There is an adhesion molecule that creates an affinity between cancer cells and HA. HA is an interceptor of cancer cells that are on the move. Pharmaceutical researchers have successfully combined HA with an anti-cancer drug (Taxol). This helps the drug in targeting the cancer cells. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  In a separate 1-year, double-blind study of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, supplementing with 800 mg per day of chondroitin sulfate significantly reduced pain, improved overall joint mobility, and appeared to slow the degenetation of joint cartilage.11 Improvement was evident after 3 months of treatment, and it became more marked after 12 months. Another study also showed that administering chondroitin sulfate may help prevent further joint damage in individuals with osteoarthritis. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts | | Estrogen alone elevates HA while progesterone only elevates concentrations of chondroitin sulfate. In animals whose ovaries have been removed, progesterone alone or in combination with estrogen decreases levels of HA. [Acta Physiol Scandinavia 168: 385-92, 2000]
Elevated blood serum levels of HA are not found among breast cancer patients. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts |  The SPINE Bulging spinal disks have been reported healed with Glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, and Manganese ascorbate (in Nutramax Labs' Cosamin, from Baltimore); with SharkCartilage, and Boron Citrate for disk cartilage rebuilding. Spinal Calcium Deposits Avoid dairy products. Remove deposits with Comfrey, Lobelia, Marshmallowroot, Mullein, Wormwood, Skullcap, Gravel Root, Black Walnut, and Oak bark; soak these herbs in pure water for one day, then simmer for a half-hour; strain, and simmerto half volume; apply with natural fibertowel overnight for 1 week; and drink the tea. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | They also contain substances known as chon-droitins, which are often lacking in people with arthritis and connective tissue disorders (see chondroitin sulfate in this section). In addition, sea cucumbers provide vitamins A, Bi (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), and C, as well as the minerals calcium, iron, magnesium, and zinc.
Sea Mussel
The green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) is a species of edible shellfish. These mussels contain numerous amino acids, the building blocks of body proteins, in addition to enzymes and essential trace elements. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  This is not chondroitin sulfate, or glucosamine, or MSM, or any of the other more common nutritional supplements you might typically take for joint health. Rather, these affect inflammation and joint pain through a different mechanism. They help inhibit the inflammatory response in the human body by fundamentally balancing the body's systems. They're not treating symptoms; they're balancing the body. Both rosemary and turmeric are well known for their tonic effects.
Turmeric also has the advantage of being a potent anti-cancer herb. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | Coenzyme-A
Technologies
Contains pantothenic acid, glucosamine sulfate, chondroitin sulfate, cerasomal-cis-9-cetylmyristoleate, methylfsul-fonylmethane (MSM), and other nutrients to support healthy bone, joint, ligament, and cartilage function.
L-Cysteine 500 mg twice daily, on an empty stomach. Take with water or juice. Do not take with milk. Take with 50 mg vitamin B$ and 100 mg vitamin C for better absorption.
A detoxifier essential for immune function; a source of sulfur and component of collagenous tissue. (See AMINO ACIDS in Part One.)
L-Histidine
As directed on label. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | SAMe is also required in the manufacture of all sulfur-containing compounds in the human body, including glutathione (see page 147) and various sulfur-containing cartilage components, such as chondroitin sulfate. SAMe supplementation has been shown to produce positive results in the treatment of depression, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, liver disorders, and migraine headaches.
Cysteine is a key component in the important tripeptide glutathione (see page 147), an important antioxidant in cells. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Ever since publication of The Arthritis Cure, people have asked about the benefits of taking glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate together. In my experience, I've found that most people do well by just supplementing with glucosamine sulfate—and there have been fewer studies on the chondroitin sulfate. Occasionally, however, when 1 have a patient who doesn't respond so well as I would like to glucosamine sulfate, I'll also recommend a combination with chondroitin sulfate—and sometimes the two, taken together, produce a better effect. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
See book keywords and concepts |  In commercial formulations, glucosamine sulfate is often combined with chondroitin sulfate. However, the evidence for the actual efficacy of chondroitin sulfate when taken by mouth is equivocal.
Heat and Cold Therapy
Heat and cold can both be used to reduce the pain and inflammation of arthritis. Studies have shown that heat and cold therapies are equally effective in alleviating pain, although they are usually avoided in acute gout. The decision to use heat or cold for arthritis pain depends on the type of arthritis.
Heat therapy increases blood flow, pain tolerance, and flexibility. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts | | Glucosamine is in chondroitin sulfate, and shark cartilage products, but the Glucosamine is bound in chains with attached sugars 250 times larger than a single molecule of GS for difficult absorption (counter with Enzymatic Therapy's GS-500 with 98% absorption). Less easily utilized N-Acetyl Glucosamine (NAG) from an acetic acid molecule instead of Sulfur, L-Glutamine, and Glucose, is broken down or deacetylated by intestinal bacteria, and binds with lectins for elimination in the feces; and Aminosugar Glucosamine Hydrochloride. | | ARTHRITIS From the Greekanthron (joint) and itis (inflammation) Affects 37 million in America; with dry, cracking inflamed joints and destruction of the glassy hyal ine Cartilage 1 ining bone ends made of water, Collagen and glycosaminoglycans like chondroitin sulfate, mucin, albumin and sulfuric acid (that need B-Complex and Magnesium); 24-30% of dry body protein weight is Collagen, precursed by Arginine and Vitamin C to Proline to Hydroxyproline (makes up 21 % of connective tissue Collagen, and for Vitamin D absorption), to Ornithine. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  People will take herbs or supplements like MSM, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, boswellia, cherry extracts, turmeric, and others in an attempt to treat the pain symptomatically. Although those are fine in the short-term, they don't address the long-term problem. So how do you address the long-term issue with muscle pain? You do it through nutrition and physical rehabilitation. With that, I'd like to recommend the Egoscue Method developed by Pete Egoscue.
This is a method of retraining muscles and ligaments to function in a more healthful way where they can express a full range of motion. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Note: Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate are specific remedies only for osteoarthritis.
Super Prescription #2 Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM)
Take 2,000 to 8,000 mg daily. MSM has natural anti-inflammatory benefits and contains the mineral sulfur, an integral component of cartilage. Reduce the dosage if diarrhea occurs.
Super Prescription #3 Fish oil
Take a daily dosage of at least 1.8 mg of DHA and 1.2 mg of EPA. Fish oil contains a direct source of the omega-3 fatty acids that reduce joint inflammation and promote joint lubrication. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts | | Glucosamine may precurse chondroitin sulfate (for collagen and cartilage repair with Vitamin C, reduces stiffness), Dermatan Sulfate, Heparin Sulfate, and Hyaluronate. Dose:
1 -2 500 mg. caps Glucosamine-Sulfate 2-3 times daily with meals. Take 112 pound of Cherries per day, dried black Cherries, or Cherry juice. 6 Alfalfa tablets or tea 3-4 times a day.
Soak unhul led Barley in 2 parts of water for 3 -4 hours; strain, refrigerate, and drink
1 cup daily.
Fresh fruitjuice withPeanutoil in themorning; and 2 tbs. Orange juice with 1 tbs. | | Chicken breast cartilage Co 1 lagen extract chondroitin sulfate.
The Mineral Salts: Iron Phosphate (6-30x); then Potassium Chloride (6-30x), with Iron Phosphate; Sodium Phosphate (6-30x); Calcium Fluoride (6x. for enlarged joints); Silica (6x, rids urates in muscles and joints). Copper (bracelet, or under bed to col lect negative vibrations).
60 grams Sharks'Cartilage daily. Alfalfa. Calomel and Antimony. Couchgrass. Nettle, Horsetail. Elder (baths), Cornsilk, Dandelion root, St. John's Wort (oil), and
Bay leaf (oil). Oat Straw, Mustard and Wintergreen with the Mineral salts. |
Carol Simontacchi
See book keywords and concepts |  It is found in particularly high concentrations in the cartilage and other connective tissues, and, among its many functions, it plays a role in the formation of cartilage. chondroitin sulfate is part of a large protein molecule that gives cartilage its elasticity. It has been found to aid in preventing cartilage tissue from dehydrating and to assist in cushioning impact stress.
As we age, the body's ability to produce both glucosamine and chondroitin decreases, causing the wear and tear and hardening of cartilage associated with osteoarthritis. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | This should also be combined with a long-term nutritional program of glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, MSM and other supporting supplements that can help joint function in a healthful way over the long term. Although these substances don't work very well in the short term to treat acute arthritis pain, they do help your body solve the underlying nutritional problem.
Arthritis sufferers should especially avoid hydrogenated oils. Hydrogenated oils are toxic to the human body. They contain trans-fatty acids. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | In my experience, I've found that most people do well by just supplementing with glucosamine sulfate—and there have been fewer studies on the chondroitin sulfate. Occasionally, however, when 1 have a patient who doesn't respond so well as I would like to glucosamine sulfate, I'll also recommend a combination with chondroitin sulfate—and sometimes the two, taken together, produce a better effect.
There's certainly no harm in trying the combination (though cost may be a consideration). The daily dosage recommended for chondroitin sulfate is 1,200 milligrams. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | Cucumber juice is one of my highly recommended plant-based medicines for reducing joint pain, and there are many herbs that reduce joint pain in the short term such as boswellia, cherry extract, MSM, glucosamine, and chondroitin sulfate.
From the plant world, the best foods are cherries (about 1 container a day)—which contain anti-inflammatory compounds. They are natural inflammation inhibitors that, for many people, actually work better than prescription drugs. Just keep in mind that when you're dealing with joint pain, these natural remedies are not instant painkillers. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Researchers now try to discredit glucosamine chondroitin sulfate supplements
Always working hard on new ways to discredit nutritional supplements, conventional medical researchers have now found a clever way to attack nutritional supplements used to treat joint pain. In what can only be called a fraudulently designed study, the Glucosamine-chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT) compared these nutritional supplements with Celebrex, a prescription drug that only treats joint pain symptomatically and does nothing to rebuild cartilage or other tissue. |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts | | ArthroMax, Super Curcumin with Bioperine, Glucosamine Sulfate, chondroitin sulfate, Super EPA / DHA with Sesame Lignans and Olive Fruit Extract (www.LEF.org)
*" Joint Support Liquid Concentrate (www.Eidon.com)
Hyaluronic Acid (www.WellnessResources.com)
Kidney stones
Like most other diseases and conditions mentioned here, kidney stones are also preventable. What causes kidney stones? The short answer is: Drinking soft drinks, coffee, and lots of tea. Kidney stones are formed through a variety of biochemical processes, but those are the primary foods and beverages that cause kidney stones. |
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